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This was a win for me. Mildly aromatic and fresh with hints of peach; a perfect example of how I like my Sauvignon Blanc to smell and taste. I purchased this gem of a bottle at a local wine shop in Long Island, NY for just under $10. Abv: 12.5%

I enjoyed this wine as the summer night unfolded a much needed rain storm. What goes well with wine, rainand the night? Obviously, a black and white movie. For this particular occasion it was, “The Most Dangerous Game” featured on TCM paired with a bottle of 2012 Trimbach Riesling.

This is a cinematic tale of the hunter becoming the hunted where the main character is eventually humbled by his epiphany when he says, “The animals I hunted; now I know how they felt…” Creepy and Gothic factors in this film include the scheming Russian Count, a doorknocker that features a wounded beast holding its female victim, and a massive tapestry inside the Count’s castle with a brutal looking centaur in the jungle with its human prey.

I was moved by a line said in the beginning of the movie, as it reflects heavily on a number of wildlife concerns in the world today. “I was thinking of the inconsistency of civilization. The beast of the jungle, killing just for his existence, is called savage. The man, killing just for sport, is called civilized. It’s a bit inconsistent, isn’t it?”

Seriously… can Rosé a day be a thing? I feel like it’s a summer must. Whenever I pour a glass of Rosé, the first thing I do is gaze at that gorgeous pink color, it’s hypnotizing. I can imagine Audrey Hepburn from the 1954 movie; Sabrina singing La Vie En Rose. Watch this moment of cinematic magic, and I dare you to disagree.

This French Rosé (Mimi en Provence Grande Réserve-Côtes de Provence) comes in a beautiful bottle with a glass stopper cork that can easily be re-purposed. Aromatic with scents of peaches and strawberries with a very light and “delicate” taste. Pour yourself a glass, and let the words of La Vie En Rose transcend you to France. And on that note (pun intended) je vois la vie en rose!